Technologies To Help the 787 Take Flight

Baselinemag

Feb. 06, 2007
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The 787 Dreamliner project marks the first time Boeing is making its partners responsible for the design of the parts and components they will ultimately manufacture. New 3D design and collaboration technologies are powering the initiative.

Application	Product	Supplier
3D computer-aided design	Catia V5	Dassault Systèmes
Manufacturing simulation	Delmia V5	Dassault Systèmes
Product life-cycle management collaboration	Enovia V5	Dassault Systèmes
Database supporting Enovia	DB2	IBM
Digital content delivery management	TrueDelivery	Radiance Technologies
Airplane sales configuration	Teamcenter	UGS
Shop floor information system	Velocity	Intercim
Multimedia collaboration centers	Various videoconferencing units	Tanberg
Composite material simulations	FibreSIM	Vistagy
Dynamic systems simulation (hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical, etc.)	Easy5	MSC Software
Machine tool simulations	CAM-POST, Virtual Machine	ICAM Technologies
Measurement and analysis	Metrolog V5	Metrologic
Aerodynamics testing	Cray X1 supercomputer	Cray
Supply chain management	E2open	Exostar
Flight control operations	Integrity-178B	Green Hills Software
787 avionics control center, including plane’s environmental, electrical, mechanical, hydraulic and cabin services	Common Core System	Smiths Aerospace

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